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I have fun discussing these kinds of things. Two part question so I’ll answer both.

How can I afford the salaries - I’m currently losing 100k with some overextension tax each week. Once my guy sells Monday that helps get me down a decent bit but still negative each week. Part of my buying this player was it should position me as the favorite for my BBM group which IF I win that the above deficits gets made up for between now and the end of the season.

How do I afford to buy these players - if you look at my team history I either promote or demote every season. Through that strategy since I took over this squad coming into this season I was sitting on $10MM. After buying this guy I’m at 7.3ish left in the bank. So money isn’t too much of an issue for me. My goal though is to go up and win the NBBA so I don’t want to be TOO loose with it on the way back.

Last note here I’ve been watching the market for a player like this for awhile and there aren’t too many. The ones I have found typically are between 120-140k in salary and never get listed for <$2MM. I reached out to the manager and told him I’d snap bid if he listed for $1.5MM. Was looking great at the number until a D IV team got into a bidding war with me. So between price I got him for, salary for how balanced dude is, and BBM tourney economics helping offset losses I pulled the trigger now.

Update to this and something I hadn't FULLY considered with this move. The Merch bump due to Saxby being and getting a few minutes with his national team helped offset even more than I anticipated. I also didn't anticipate Ziggy going for what he did. All good things!

Somebody from my team won the 3 point contest! Oh man you all need to start worrying. That's some sign of the apocalypse kind of stuff there.

I'm just happy Armstead had a good All Star appearance. He traditionally hides beneath the basket and comes out with a statline of 3-8 7 rebs and 7 points.

Last edited by Baine at 10/12/2023 9:50:27 AM

Somehow, I am not surprised. LAB is usually the one I focus on slowing down in our battles.

Pio walked into the GM’s office with his assistants in tow. Everyone wondered why this meeting was called, but no one spoke a word at all. The GM sat at his desk with his back turned to the door, hidden by his oversized chair. That pinged Pio’s radar. This isn’t a normal meeting, he thought to himself. He looked at Marshall and Byron, who were on the same page as their former teammate. Something was off.

Coach turned towards the coaching staff. “Hey, I’m just the consultant, but no one was here, the door was open, and the chair invited me to sit in it.” After greeting his former players and politely welcoming Air Allnite, Coach spoke to assembled staff.

“I was asked to talk to you because some feelings might be sore. I know Pio is pissed. He’s just had his interior offense, defense and rebounding ripped apart for the second season in a row. I’d be pissed, too. Air, you got new point guards to work with. Make it happen; you wouldn’t have them if the organization didn’t believe you were up to it.” Immediately, the entire staff knew something was up, but unsure of what exactly.

Coach noted this, and continued.

“Marshall, the organization thinks the parts we need are already here. Whatever they hand you, work to the player’s strengths. You’ll do fine. Byron, I see you got new toys. I think you’ll know what to do with them.” Coach patted Byron on the shoulder. He really was sure Byron would know what to do.

“Gentlemen, you’ll go ahead and open the folders in front of you.” Each folder was opened to a detailed, assignment specific scouting report. Air had the report on the guards, Marshall the wings, and Byron the bigs, while Pio had the report for each player on the roster. Each man took note of the handwritten note included.

“Gentlemen, if you need advice, you know how to reach me. My last act before full time retirement is to introduce your new GM. The previous guy got a promotion and is the new president of basketball operations.”

Into the room walked Roberto Gurgone. His former teammates were excited. Air Allnite was not a former teammate.

“Does this team ever bring in someone with a differing view”, he asked.

“You still have a job here, don’t you” Roberto retorted. Roberto wasn’t trying to make a new friend. “I want to hear what the plans are for the rest of this season. Air, speak your mind. Tell me what plans you have for the guards.”

“We have to increase the range on Cerri’s shot---” Air started, but Roberto had no time for canned responses and cut him off.

“If you can’t speak your mind right here and right now, then you’re the wrong one for the job.” One look at Air’s face told the story; Roberto had made his point.

“Cerri and Farley should battle for the job for the rest of the season and into next season. We need to push McCain and Donny a bit to see how they respond. I don’t think McCain is a point guard, but I don’t know that he isn’t. That’s a problem. We need to find more out about Donny, too. Coffey and Tovar have to step things up defensively. Petriukstis, we need to find a way to light his fire on offense. I want focus on outside defense for at least 2 of these remaining weeks of the season.” Air said his piece and expected the worst.

Roberto calmly replied. “I’ll give you one week. The results determine if you get another week. Marshall, you’re up.”

Marshal was ready. “I can help with Mantas. I want to see him Reybolds and Sokmen attack the rim more. Give me Hatfield and we can work on his shot. He can handle the wing defensively.”

Byron Helm jumped up at that. “Me and the bigs have work to do on our inside defense and rebounding. Inside scoring could be better also. Then there’s the shot blocking.”

“Roberto, we’re going outside defense this week. We go bigs next week. We'll see how that goes and go from there."

So..... I'm just gonna forfeit this game. Can I report your team* for bullying

Last edited by Dee-Jay-Tee31 at 10/14/2023 5:13:15 PM

Damnit. Hate when my guys hurt players. I shall fine them appropriately.

Day 14 (Saturday 14 October 2023) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Żubr Białystok 56 - Las Vegas High Rollers 162
Fort Wayne Pistons 87 - 209’s MostWanted 106
Miami Cleo 111 - Philly Dribble 144
Super Sonics 121 - Linndale 109
Twotone Touloose 43 - Lion Rebels 119
Tasty Tardsicles 100 - San Dominica Warriors 99
VileOnes 88 - F.Day Internet Lovers Club 93
Mindless Zombies 🧟‍♀️ 73 - southpaw army 112

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 162 : Las Vegas High Rollers
Rebounds : 68 : 209’s MostWanted
Assists : 54 : Las Vegas High Rollers
Steals : 29 : Las Vegas High Rollers
Block Shots : 13 : Las Vegas High Rollers

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 38 : K. Gendron (Miami Cleo)
Rebounds : 19 : J. García de la Vega (VileOnes)
Assists : 12 : A. Norman (Las Vegas High Rollers), H. Stubbs (Miami Cleo)
Steals : 6 : A. Norman (Las Vegas High Rollers)
Block Shots : 5 : I. Tabrizi (F.Day Internet Lovers Club)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : A. Norman (Las Vegas High Rollers) (16 Points, 2 Rebounds, 12 Assists, 6 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 33
Shooting Guard : R. Singh (Lion Rebels) (25 Points, 5 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 5 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 35
Small Forward : H. Susilo (Las Vegas High Rollers) (26 Points, 4 Rebounds, 9 Assists, 4 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 36
Power Forward : T. Stavrakakis (Las Vegas High Rollers) (36 Points, 9 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 47
Center : T. Armstead (Lion Rebels) (20 Points, 11 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 2 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 38

MVP of the evening
T. Stavrakakis (Las Vegas High Rollers) (36 Points, 9 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 47

The bad performance of the evening
C. Crosby (Żubr Białystok) (2 Points, 3 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -9

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : H. Gandy (Żubr Białystok) : 9 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : K. Ramazan (VileOnes) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : W. Bonner (Żubr Białystok), H. Kwang Chih (Mindless Zombies 🧟‍♀️) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : C. Wui Kwong (Tasty Tardsicles) : 8 Three points

The best performer : T. Armstead (Lion Rebels) : Rating : 18.5

The worst performer : P. Rivard (Miami Cleo) : Rating : 1.0

southpaw army, I want to know more about your economy if that is ok. how much you are making from arena and how much you are paying for staff etc. Also why keep so many older player? is it just for cup

You can look at their arena page and kind of do the math.

Last home game they made a little over $240k. They have player salaries of about 480k and I'm sure they have at least decent staff because they are training a potential future NT player. But if you look at their team history they have been around for a long time. They have a high surplus of transfer money (net positive of nearly 6 million) plus promotion and win money from BBM and promoting last season. So while they are most likely losing money each week, they can afford it because they are going to promote to D2 and will upgrade their roster a bit in hopes of going to NBBA.

BB is more of an economy game than a basketball strategy game and they've been building up over a long period of time to spend money to promote at the right time. That's how a lot of the best franchises have done it historically.

As for the older players, a lot of them probably just have sentimental value to him. You'll see some teams do that and then also some times go buy really old former NT players, etc. just to hold onto them. Doesn't really impact much since they are all under 1k in salary.

Edit: was just dropping by because southpaw was in my league last season and was seeing how they were doing. They address a lot of this up higher in the thread that I just saw.

Last edited by Coach_Nuggets at 10/17/2023 1:58:46 PM

Happy Ourer: “Welcome to the Linndale basketball pregame show. I am Happy Ourer, my partner is Joshua Doe, and there is a lot to talk about, so let’s get it started!”

Joshua Doe: “Saturday night, the boys lost to the high flying Super Sonics in a game that was a tale of 2 halves. We trailed by 30 at halftime. We outscored them by 18 in the second half. Now, I’m pretty good with numbers, and I’m aware that 30 minus 18 equals 12, and there you have the final deficit.”

HO: “It was a game Linndale didn’t expect to win, but they won the rebounding battle, minimized turnovers, made free throws… basically they did everything Pio Reina wanted them to do to have a chance.”

JD: “The only thing missing was the prolific three point shooting the team has displayed the last few seasons, and though the fans haven’t come to accept that as being gone, it shows up in spurts.”

HO: “That shooting is still there, though maybe not as prolific. The roster changes demanded a change in style and Pio has adapted quite well after a slow start.”

JD: “The defense has not been up to Pio Reina standards, but the effort is there and they are coming along. The change in offensive philosophy is what I’m impressed with. This team is more relentless with attacking inside and trying to run. It’s not exactly a run and gun style; it’s more controlled. They don’t take as many threes as in the past, but they pound the boards, they pound it inside, and they play at a fast pace. They still haven’t hit their stride, but they are taking better care of the basketball, rebounding the ball, and the pace means they are able to get multiple scoring options involved. They aren’t at the level of the recent Linndale teams, but you can see the building blocks and you can also see the developing depth.”

HO: “5 players are averaging double digit scoring per game after the departure of Serkan Sokmen. MacNeur and Koncki are both at over 11 rebounds a game since arriving, and both are in double figures scoring. There’s a battle at the point guard position between Cerri and Farley, and both have had their moments.”

JD: “The young bigs, Hatfield and Pemwieser are coming along, but neither has started asserting themselves yet.
HO: “Let’s look ahead to tonight’s game. What do we see?”

JD: “I expect Farley and Tovar to get the start, with Cerri and Knowles off the bench. The uncertainty for me is where Knowles will come off the bench. There’s a huge hole at small forward that needs filling. I don’t know that Reynolds is up to that task right now. You could see Knowles at that spot with Petriukstis playing some small forward and shooting guard. You have to find out about Reynolds at some point, and tonight would give an idea of what they think if he gets the start and performs well.”

HO: “What about the 2 youngsters, Rich McCain and Eze Donny?”

JD: “Pio is not going to let a game he sees as very winnable get away. He’s going to strike that balance of playing guys and winning. I expect him to go young with the starters, and support them with a strong second unit. If the starters play well, this game is a cakewalk. The second unit I expect for tonight’s game will either keep them in the game if the starters falter, or blow the game wide open and turn it into a rout. Expect a rout, and I’d be shocked if McCain and Donny don’t make it into this game.”

HO: “We’ll be back after the break with first year assistant coach Air Allnite and his thoughts about the guard play.”

JD: "Oh. man! I can't wait for that one!"

HO: "Well, you'll have to wait until after the break for that!"